Community SCALE is coalition of residents in Raleigh's established neighborhoods who are working together to advocate for the kind of development in our communities that respects the existing built environment, the natural environment, and the history of individual neighborhoods.

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Monday, September 6, 2010

Please contact your Raleigh City Councilors TODAY and ask them to vote for further study of the NC4 hybrid alignment tomorrow at 1pm because it combines the benign elements of NC1, NC2, and NC3 to minimize impacts homes and businesses, and creates a fully grade-separated facility for safety, efficiency, and local connectivity.

Please forward this link widely to get the word out before the City Council meeting tomorrow at 1pm!

Monday, August 23, 2010

Click here to view the final agenda for the August 26th Five Points CAC meeting. To increase the seating capacity, the meeting has been moved from the Garris Building in Fletcher Park to Our Savior Lutheran Church on Glenwood Avenue.

Click here [http://fivepointscac.org/category/topic/high-speed-rail] to
view all content related to high-speed rail on the Five Points CAC website.
Additional information will be posted this week.

Neighborhood leaders, please forward this information to the residents in your neighborhood. This is a VERY IMPORTANT meeting.

You could be the one lucky Raleigh homeowner that wins a free home energy audit (a $350-500 value) from Preservation NC, the Raleigh Historic Districts Commission, and Home Performance NC.

Visit PreservationNC.org/EnergyAudit

Entries accepted through March 31st — hurry!

Do you ever feel like you're heating and cooling the entire neighborhood? Don't know how to begin making your historic home more energy efficient? A home energy audit could tell you where to begin and how to prioritize your money-saving efforts.

Preservation NC, the Raleigh Historic Districts Commission, and Home Performance NC have teamed up to offer one lucky Raleigh homeowner a free home energy audit. The winning audit will be videotaped to create an informational video about home energy audits and common problems and solutions. The video will be used online and at public events to promote energy-efficiency improvements in historic houses.

Want to know more? Visit PreservationNC.org/EnergyAudit. There you can tell us why we should choose you and your house. You can even go to our Flickr group to upload pictures or post a video auditioning yourself and your home to our YouTube group.

Creative submissions are encouraged! A complete list of contest rules is available at PreservationNC.org/EnergyAudit.

For more information, contact Elizabeth Sappenfield at esappenfield@presnc.org.

Tuesday, February 2, 2010

The City of Raleigh is revamping its development code in the form of a Unified Development Ordinance (UDO). The UDO seeks to translate Raleigh’s goals and aspirations for the built environment, as set forth in the recently adopted 2030 Comprehensive Plan, into clear code standards that produce a predictable built form. Applying the right rules in the right places is essential for success.

Learn everything there is to know about how urban form can be integrated in the UDO and what tools may be used in Raleigh at the neighborhood and citywide level.

Get answers to these questions:· What is a form-based code?

· What tools are available to achieve good urban form?

· What are some examples of using form-based code and tools in other cities?

· How might the code and tools be used in Raleigh?

Bring your own questions to the Q&A session.

MEET OUR PRESENTER:Lee Einsweiler is a planner with over twenty-five years of experience in a variety of settings. As a principal at Code Studio, Lee’s projects involve planning, zoning and plan implementation. Lee has sharpened his skills by preparing zoning and subdivision regulations for jurisdictions across the country, and has been personally responsible for over 50 code projects, including complete revision and adoption of over 20 codes. Lee’s recent work focuses on redevelopment activity in urban areas, culminating in recent innovative projects in Dallas, Denver, Louisiana and Memphis. Versatile in both conventional zoning and new code approaches, Lee has prepared pure form-based codes and successfully incorporated form-based elements into conventional codes. Lee serves as an adjunct faculty member in the Department of Community & Regional Planning at the University of Texas, teaching smart growth tools at the graduate level. He is a frequent speaker at state and national planning conferences on the issues of smart growth, form-based codes, transit-oriented development and mixed-use code concepts.

Welcome

We hope you will visit here often and become involved. By paying attention, working together, and being active in the civic process, we can help preserve the integrity and diversity of our neighborhoods in Raleigh. We work to fulfill this mission by advocating and educating. Our message packet can be found here.

Community SCALE invites you to share information and calls for neighborhood action by participating in this community forum.

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SCALE is working to help inform the citizens of Raleigh about the process for developing the new code and regulations. If you would like to contribute to help us with the costs of printing and mailings, please click here to donate through Paypal.

Protect the Protest Petition in NC - 2013

Online Petition Still Available (2007-2008 comments here)

Raleigh is not alone, battles about teardowns are being waged in towns and cities across the country. This trend toward replacing older stable neighborhoods with newly developed streets of oversized homes will continue unfettered unless action is taken.

Neighborhood changes that are driven by private residents can enhance the community. The future of the inner neighborhoods, and the beauty of Raleigh itself, will suffer as long as speculative market forces are driving the changes. The property rights of ALL residents are equally important. If you are a concerned resident, please lend your voice to the debate by visiting and participating in this petition.

We ask that signers:1. be 18 or older2. include the neighborhood you live in, to demonstrate that this is a problem all over Raleigh - you may do this and still be viewed as anonymous3. be sure to only sign once4. forward this on to your friends and neighbors

Community SCALE of RaleighRaleigh's neighborhood-to-neighborhood connector, where residents keep informed of civic activities affecting their community,and neighborhoods share issues directly across the city. Please join us. Contact us to be added to a mailing list for action alerts and updates.Together we do make a difference.